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The Philippines' flag-bearers -- Eumir Marcial and Kiyomi Watanabe -- will be wearing traditional outfits when they march during the Opening Ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Marcial will wear a cocoon silk barong with a machine-embroidered pitchera design, muslin inner shirt and light wool black pants.

Marcial and Watanabe were selected as flag-bearers as their events come later in the Games. Marcial's round-of-32 match in men's middleweight is scheduled for July 26, while Watanabe takes the mat in women's half-middleweight of judo on July 27. It would only be at 4 p.m. on Friday, or four hours before the 8 p.m. program, could the world know how the hosts would open the most unique edition of the quadrennial competitions at the stadium that has a 68,000 seating capacity.

"There was also a problem with the lack of testing kits, especially on Tuesday when a long line was formed because they ran out of kits," he added.

 

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